murAB
168
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase, required for efficient spore engulfment
locus
BSU_37100
Molecular weight
45.85 kDa
pI
5.83
function
peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
product
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase
essential
no
ec
2.5.1.7
synonyms
murAB, murZ, lssF, rev-4
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0766 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
3,806,086 3,807,375
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
phosphoenolpyruvate + UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine --> phosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-3-O-(1-carboxyvinyl)-α-D-glucosamine(according to UniProt)
Protein family
EPSP synthase family (with [protein|DA763F7C2192655C590752C2A285ADF902B11BCA|murAA] and [protein|CA00DFB480CBDC8AC31559958EF8E97E1E9BD4E1|aroE], according to UniProt)
Structure
[PDB|3SG1] (from ''B. anthracis'', 50% identity, 81% similarity)
[AF|P19670]
Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|DA763F7C2192655C590752C2A285ADF902B11BCA|murAA]
[wiki|Localization]
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|523B01B5E7141C7DFC28CE67EB92580F49C20844|murAB]-[gene|0AFCE5C602B073B29DB15DB3CDD153E05E3D02BD|glpX]
description
[Pubmed|19270101]
regulation
constitutive [Pubmed|19270101]
Biological materials
Mutant
BKE37100 ([gene|523B01B5E7141C7DFC28CE67EB92580F49C20844|murAB]::erm trpC2) available at [http://bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE37100 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGATAGTCTCCTTCCATA, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATGGTTTCTTGTGAGAGG
BKK37100 ([gene|523B01B5E7141C7DFC28CE67EB92580F49C20844|murAB]::kan trpC2) available at [http://bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK37100 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGATAGTCTCCTTCCATA, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATGGTTTCTTGTGAGAGG
Expression vectors
pGP2595: (IPTG inducible expression, purification in ''E. coli'' with N-terminal His-tag, in [wiki|pWH844]), available in [wiki|Jörg Stülke]'s lab
References
Reviews
Original Publications
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